Voices of AI - The UAE-France Business Forum 2025
Discover the pictures of the first UAE-France Business Forum on AI : Voices of AI.
A heartfelt thank you to all our speakers, partners, investors, and attendees — and a special recognition to Sorbonne Abu Dhabi for their outstanding support and collaboration in bringing this forum to life in such an inspiring setting.
With around 250 attendees and 25 speakers, the forum brought together leading minds from both countries to explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence across industries.
The morning was rich in insights, covering topics such as:
- Mastering Industrial Complexity by Cosmo Tech
- Applications of AI across industries with Saal.ai, Dassault Systèmes, Alstom, Mubadala, and Schneider Electric
- Expanding data center capacity to meet growing demand & sovereignty requirements with Scality, Thales, Core42, Schneider Electric and Mena Tech AI
- Powering data centers with a focus on sustainability with EDF power solutions
- Financing models to accelerate AI development and adoption with Khazna, Bpifrance, ADIA Lab, Valerie Hawley, Advisor, MEng Photonics, MBA
- Shaping Minds, Shaping Machines: The future of AI through education and research with AI71, MBZUAI (Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence), Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi Center for Artificial Intelligence (SCAI), INSEAD and Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Bravo to the startups who pitched in front of investors, showcasing bold, innovative solutions that reflect the strength of our entrepreneurial ecosystems : Cybi, Genyous, Kontrad, letzdoo, Mindlapse, Needle, Vitalls and VSORA.
Thanks to the innovation village exhibitors : Core42, Cosmo Tech, Genyous, Neuroboost, SEAMLESS Legal, Schneider Electric, STHRIVE.ai, and Vitalls and to all the companies which participated to the 30 B2B meetings.
And finally, a warm thank to our partners Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ambassade de France aux Emirats arabes unis, Bpifrance, Business France, French Foreign Trade Advisors, La French Tech UAE, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, as well as our sponsor Fluidstack.
